Giulietta Luul Balestra | Global Health Corps

Giulietta Luul Balestra

Giulietta Luul

Co-fellow

Caitlin

Caitlin Callahan

Placement Country: United States
Title: Nutrition and Small Business Engagement Fellow
"I am motivated by the very instinctive feeling of injustice towards human beings having unequal chances."

Luul comes from the small and pleasant city of Bologna, Italy. She completed her undergraduate studies in Cultural Anthropology at La Sapienza University in Rome. In 2010, she completed her Master's in Medical Anthropology. While studying, she participated in exchange programs in Spain and Brazil. She has also collaborated with different NGOs and research institutes such as the Center of International and Intercultural Health of Bologna, with a focus on action research on migrant health. She joined Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) in Belgium in 2010, and since then she has worked as a health promotion manager in different emergency and regular projects in Pakistan, India and South Sudan.